A BOOMER KNOWS !

Dear All,

I thought I would check on exactly what the world considers as the birth years of the "boomers" and here it is.

A baby boomer is a person born between 1945 and 1965 in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, or Australia. Following World War II, these countries experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom. The term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers. The terms "baby boomer" and "baby boom" along with others (e.g. "boomies" or "boomers") are also used in countries with demographics that did not mirror the sustained growth in American families over the same interval. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
For further information, see Post-World War II baby boom

Just for a snicker or a smile: You know you’re a baby boomer if:

1. You remember the term “I like Ike”
2. If you know what a churchkey is
3. If you remember “you’ve got more __________ than Carters got little liver pills
4. how you felt when the Lawrence Welk show was about to come on TV...uh 1…anda 2…and uh 3
5. if you watched the Howdy Doody show or remember it
6. if you watched Father knows best
7. you know what a soda jerk is
8. you went to the drive-in every week (those were the days)--the "passion pit"
9. if you were a fan of either or all : "Have Gun Will Travel" , Steve McQueen in “Wanted Dead or Alive”, Clint Eastwood in "Rawhide", or Nick Adams in "The Rebel"
10. if this brings back a memory or two "A White Sport coat and a Pink Carnation"
11. you remember the phrase "Makin whoopee" and what it meant
12. you know who Ed Sullivan was
13. you remember when girls had Home Ec class (and typing class) and boys had shop class
14. Penny loafers, saddle oxfords, bobbie sox, or poodle skirts cause a bit of a flashback
15. you remember when girls jeans had side zippers
16. you remember the "bop" and watching "American Bandstand" on TV
    
17. you just HAD to have a pair of bell bottoms
    

More later OR if you can think of a good one--send it to me. Everyone needs a laugh; laughter is the best medicine, right?

Also, the boomers born at different times may have other memories that people today go blank at the mention of--like I have had people come in my home and ask me "what is that?" when they look at my phone (manufactured in '45 so it has a dial and they don't know what the dial is). Amazing, isn't it? Love and good health to all, Lynda